Alleviating human misery: the role of economic reasoning -- Economic systems, resource allocation, and social well-Being: lessons from the fall of the Soviet Union -- Government control of prices in mixed systems: what are the actual outcomes -- Pollution problems: must we foul our own nests? -- Economics of crime and its prevention: how much is too much? -- Poverty problems and discrimination: why are so many still so poor? -- The economics of big business: who does what to whom? -- The economics of professional sports: what is the real score? -- Protectionism versus free trade: can we restrict ourselves into prosperity? -- Unemployment issues: why do we waste our labor resources? -- Inflation: how to gain and lose at the same time -- Economic growth: are we living in a "New economy"? -- Government spending, taxing, and the national debt: who wins and who loses? -- Social security and medicare: how secure is our safety net for the elderly?

1. Economics
2. Social problems